Oregon Trail

by Francis Parkman, Jr.

27 chapters12h 57mEnglish1849

About this book

The book is a breezy, first-person account of a 2 month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas when Parkman was 23. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Chapters (27)

1Chapter I. The Frontier

1015

2Chapter II. Breaking the Ice

1341

3Chapter III. Fort Leavenworth

421

4Chapter IV. “Jumping Off”

1366

5Chapter V. The “Big Blue”

2208

6Chapter VI. The Platte and the Desert

1721

7Chapter VII. The Buffalo

2050

8Chapter VIII. Taking French Leave

2022

9Chapter IX. Scenes at Fort Laramie

1899

10Chapter X. The War Parties

2917

11Chapter XI. Scenes at the Camp

2601

12Chapter XII. Ill-Luck

915

13Chapter XIII. Hunting Indians

3076

14Chapter XIV. The Ogillallah Village

2549

15Chapter XV. The Hunting Camp

2913

16Chapter XVI. The Trappers

1227

17Chapter XVII. The Black Hills

539

18Chapter XVIII. A Mountain Hunt

1550

19Chapter XIX. Passage of the Mountains

2121

20Chapter XX. The Lonely Journey

2611

21Chapter XXI. The Pueblo and Bent's Fort

910

22Chapter XXII. Tete Rouge, the Volunteer

557

23Chapter XXIII. Indian Alarms

1405

24Chapter XXIV. The Chase

1184

25Chapter XXV. The Buffalo Camp

1967

26Chapter XXVI. Down the Arkansas

2257

27Chapter XXVII. The Settlements

1335

Oregon Trail

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